Current activities and goals
- Promote high quality of orthodontic dental technology
- Stimulate and support interdisciplinary engagement
- Hold an annual congress
- Build relationships with international professional organisations

Membership
- Predominantly German membership with international members from Austria, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom
- Membership benefits include contact with colleagues and other professional organisations, a regularly updated membership register, new innovations at national and international level, opportunities for active participation, and an online encyclopaedia of orthodontic technology
- Membership fee is €60 per annum (as of 2014)

Board of directors
- Chaired by Berit Junghanns
- Secretary: Heike Pietack
- Treasurer: Gerhard Maier
- Other board members: Petra Brambora, Jörg Stehr, Ines Forest

Annual congress
- Holds an annual congress called 'Harzer Fortbildungsseminar'
- Invites nationally and internationally renowned speakers to lecture at the event
- Provides a platform for members to share experiences and advice
- Past home speakers include Rolf Hinz, Aurelia Lerch, and Ursula Wirtz
- Past international speakers include James Green, Paul Mallett, and Guido Pedroli

Partner organizations
- Close working relationship with overseas organizations such as GTO and ORTEC (Italy), Sveriges Ortondonti Tandtekniker Förening (Sweden), and the Orthodontic Technicians Association (United Kingdom)

Society for Orthodontic Dental Technology (Wikipedia)

The Society for Orthodontic Dental Technology (German: Gesellschaft für Kieferorthopädische Zahntechnik e.V (GK)) is a professional body that represents orthodontic technicians and is based in Germany. Established in 1990, the society was founded by Friedbert Schmeil, who served as the society's first chairman until 1997.

Gesellschaft für Kieferorthopädische Zahntechnik e.V

Formation	1990
Type	Professional association
Headquarters	Halle/Saale
Location	Germany
Official language	German
Chairman	Berit Junghanns
Key people	Heike Pietack[permanent dead link] (Secretary) Gerhard Maier (Treasurer)
Affiliations	ORTEC Sveriges Ortondonti Tandtekniker Förening Orthodontic Technicians Association
Website	www.gk-online.org